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Legislative
Framework
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Sustainable Groundwater Management ActLegislative Package
➢Package of bills (SB 1168, AB 1739, SB 1319)➢ Effective January 1, 2015
➢Local control is a hallmark of SGMA
➢127 groundwater basins statewide must comply
➢Sustainability must be achieved within 20 years
➢Requirement to manage groundwater under a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)
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Overarching Concepts➢Local Management
➢ “Groundwater Sustainability Agencies”
➢Groundwater Sustainability Plans➢ Regulatory Targets➢ Sustainability in 20 years
➢State Technical Support and Regulatory Standards
➢State Oversight/Intervention
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State Role - DWR
➢Basin Priorities ➢ Basin Adjustments
➢ Basins in Critical Overdraft
➢Regulations➢ Groundwater Sustainability Plan components
➢ Basin boundary adjustment procedures
➢ Basin assessment methodologies
➢ Alternative compliance
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State Role - DWR➢Technical Assistance
➢ Best management practices for sustainable groundwater management
➢ Financial Assistance - Propositions 1 & 68➢ Technical Support Services
➢Assessment of Groundwater Sustainability Plans ➢ Initially within 2 years and every 5 years➢ Assess the impact of a GSP on an adjacent basin >>
interbasin sustainability ➢ Corrective actions for deficiencies
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State Role – State Water Resources Control Board
➢Intervention – “Probationary basins” if
➢ No GSA by June 30, 2017
➢ No GSP by January 31, 2022 for all high and medium priority basins
➢ Inadequate GSP or failure to implement a GSP
➢Remediation – 180 days
➢Interim Plan, Reporting and Enforcement
➢Fees
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Water Management and Land Use➢Required Collaboration➢ Land Use Agencies (General Plans)
➢ Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (Groundwater Sustainability Plans)
➢County authorities ➢ Well permitting
➢ Police powers to manage groundwater (i.e., Chapter 33)
➢ Land use
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Applicability/Geographic Scope
➢Bulletin 118 subbasins
➢ Priority of high and medium CASGEM basins
➢Basin Boundaries Adjustment Process
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Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)
➢Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA)
➢ “Local Agencies” – public agency with water or land use authority
➢ Counties presumed to be responsible for areas outside of water district boundaries
➢By June 30, 2017, agencies notified DWR of intent to be a GSA
➢Responsible for developing and implementing the Groundwater Sustainability Plan
➢GSA may be made formed from more than one local agency >>> Vina GSA
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Groundwater Sustainability Plans
➢Deadline - January 31, 2022
➢Exempt from CEQA
➢Types of Plans
➢ Single Plan/One GSA
➢ Single Plan/Multiple GSAs
➢ Multiple Plans/Multiple GSA
➢ Must cover the entire basin
➢Vina will have 1 Plan
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Groundwater Sustainability Plans
Components
➢General Plan linkage
➢Water budget – 50 year planning horizon
➢Sustainable Criteria
➢Projects and Actions
➢Sustainability in 20 years
➢ Interim milestones – 5 year increments
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Groundwater Sustainability Plans
1. Administrative Information
§354.4. General Information
§354.6. Agency Information
§354.8. Description of Plan Area
§354.10. Notice & Communication
2. Basin Setting
§354.14. Hydrogeologic Conceptual Model
§354.16. Groundwater Conditions
§354.18. Water Budget
§354.20. Management Areas
3. Sustainable Management Criteria
§354.24. Sustainability Goal
§354.26. Undesirable Results
§354.28. Minimum Thresholds
§354.30. Measurable Objectives
4. Monitoring Networks
§354.34. Monitoring Network
§354.36. Representative Monitoring
§354.38. Assessment & Improvement
§354.40. Reporting Monitoring Data to the Department
5. Projects and Management Actions
§354.44. Projects & Management Actions
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Groundwater Sustainability PlansCompliance Tools (Discretionary)
➢ Investigations
➢ Well extraction limits
➢ Well permit restrictions
➢ Well metering/reporting
➢ Water management projects (e.g. Recharge)
➢ Land use
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Groundwater Sustainability Plans➢Reporting
➢ Annual reports – April 1st
➢ Interim Benchmarks – every 5 years – initial 2027
➢Fees (subject to Prop 218)
➢Enforcement Authority
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Sustainable Groundwater Management
(20 years from2022)
Development and Adoption
of Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs)
(2017 to Jan 2022)
Early Implementing
of GSPsthru Water Budgets & Outcome
Based Metrics
(Jan 2022)
GSA Formation
and Coordination
(Oct 2014 through July 2017)
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
SGMA Implementation Phases
SGMA Background
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SGMA Implementation Phases
SGMA Background
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What’s Next for the Groundwater Sustainability Plan
➢ Basin Setting – Fall 2019
➢ Sustainable Criteria 2020-2022
➢ Submit by January 30, 2022
➢ Sustainability 2022-2042
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Thank you
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